1. |
Introduction
00:48
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“Beginning at the dawn of time,
A proprietor of goods divine
We stumbled on in times of need,
To hear about his noble deeds
He’s been around the world twelve times,
He’s seen the castles with walls of vines
Our debt to him is to tell his tales,
For he himself is within the veil
His story can’t be told much faster,
The legend of The Haberdasher…”
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2. |
Simmer In It
03:30
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So this world is changing yet again,
My lessons learned, let loose by a pen
Imperfections, in the direction move forward to zen,
But your happiness is hiding while you’re counting to ten
So I rhyme to bring light to the fight that we face,
You can’t move a mile while you are running in place,
On a spherical treadmill that means nothing to space
The speed of our orbit is the pace of your race
We all have an end
(We all will come to find our end)
But you battle and rattle the chains of world peace,
Instead of curing curable disease
Your wars can start fires on top of the sea,
No mercy for the weak you just do as you please
So bring it on out, you know you fucking want to,
Make yourself brain dead and blame it on nothing to do,
Blind yourself, remind this hell that heaven never wanted you,
Keeping up the killings and posting it on the news
We all have an end
(We all will come to find our end)
Take these points from the people who lived in the past,
Give your life some meaning ‘cus you know it won’t last
They say that time flies, don’t tell you how fast,
Your perspective is everything the universe is vast
The message ain’t hidden, just hoping to send,
It’s not fucking hard to be a good friend,
To those who have lost and have nothing to spend,
Step it up and find truth ‘cus we all have an end
We all have an end
(We all will come to find our end)
We all will end
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3. |
Perspective
02:17
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“There are times when what he sees he disagrees with
Times where people are weak,
They are wrong
We must be strong
We must be steadfast in our bonds
And we must keep them…”
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4. |
Thick As Thieves
02:48
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Not just anyone,
Can taste my Armageddon
It takes a certain kind of spine,
To bear this weight of mine
You’re not welcome
You can’t bear the weight, bear the weight
You can’t shoulder the burden,
You can’t bear the weight
Thick,
As Thieves
Thick as,
Thieves
I picked you up from the bottom
You drop me off on your way up
Ooo, dick move dude
You gotta stay thick as thieves throughout the thick and thin of it
You’re not welcome
You can’t bear the weight, bear the weight
You can’t shoulder the burden,
You can’t bear the weight
Thick,
As Thieves
Thick as,
Thieves
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5. |
Peril In Paris
01:05
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“Good evening gentlemen and ladies. Thank you for joining us tonight for the performance of Mr. Badluck by The Haberdasher. We hope you will really enjoy the next song about a gang of fucking assholes…”
“The year was 1673. I was in Paris, France
The sky was painted a sultry crimson red,
And the vendors had long since retired their daily routines,
And the ‘crème de la crème’ had gone to Salon
I figured maybe I could peddle a bit of my wares
Gentlemen they appeared and friends they became… or so I thought
Turns out they were a little too ‘highbrow’ for The Haberdasher…”
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6. |
Banquet
02:53
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Faux amis, faux amis
Faux amis, faux amis
Faux amis, faux amis
Ahh,
Uhh,
Ohh,
Whoaaa, Banquet
Allons à la grande fête de faux
(Faux amis, faux amis)
Je vais apporter la fucking crème brûlée
Banquet
Un, deux, trois
Faux amis, faux amis
Un, deux, trois
Faux amis, faux amis go
Faux amis, faux amis
Faux amis, faux amis
Faux amis, faux amis
Faux amis, faux amis
Ahh,
Uhh,
Ohh,
Whoaaa, Banquet
Allons à la grande fête de faux
(Faux amis, faux amis)
Je vais apporter la fucking crème brûlée
Banquet
Un, deux, trois
Faux amis, faux amis
Un, deux, trois
Faux amis, faux amis, go
Faux amis, faux amis
Banquet
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7. |
The Bottle
00:54
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So an incubus, a manwhore, and a cuckold walk into a bar…
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8. |
Mr. Badluck
02:16
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Husband: You see that prick at the end of the bar
I saw my wife getting out of his car
Her hair was done and her heels were high,
She wasn’t even trying to hide
So now you see, I’ve got this gun in my pants,
The motherfucker ain’t got no chance
His hand was placed right between her thighs,
And now it’s time for him to die
The Haberdasher: Two men sit there before our eyes,
One will live and one will die
I know both men of whom we speak,
This riddle I’ll repeat
I’m sorry for your loss my friend,
These words might bring about an end
To one who has done nothing wrong,
A father to a son
The other has done evil deeds
But may not know about your creed,
Whose blood will end up on the floor,
The choice is yours
All: Two bit slick fuck,
Call him Mr. Badluck,
He hangs his hat on a bottle of gin
He once tried to cross The Haberdasher,
I gave him bad luck for his sins
Two bit slick fuck,
Call him Mr. Badluck,
He got a bullet between his eyes
He is always sittin’ in the wrong place,
At exactly the right time
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9. |
In The Garden
02:00
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“The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare defines hikikomori as a condition where the affected individual isolates themselves from society in their homes for a period exceeding six months. In the most extreme cases, some people remain in isolation for years or even decades…”
“Fleeing to Japan to seek an end to his curse, Mr. Badluck brutally fails and becomes hikikomori in a desperate attempt to escape his fate…”
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10. |
Hikikomori
02:53
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Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Traveling to The East,
Kannushi 神主 he is seeking,
To break the curse he made it worse,
He traveled all around the world
Finally you will see,
Time won’t set you free
Oh no your soul is broken for that little girl, hey
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
In his geki sema 激せまシェアハウス
Shinbun 新聞 gathering on the floor
To keep him warm and read,
The stories of his disconnection (disconnected world)
Front page catches his eye,
Beasts of peaceful tide
Kujira 鯨
The sinking of the whales,
Beware the terrible tale
Sinking deeper spears,
Cursed throughout the years
Peacefully asleep,
Tragedy is creeping in
Oh no, tōrō 灯籠, no hope,
Hanatsu 放つ set the fire free
Fate won’t let you escape,
The choices that you have made
Shōnetsu jigoku 焦熱地獄
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
Hikikomori ひきこもり
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11. |
Bedtime Prayers
00:58
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“A ship to save us,
Su evas ot pihs a from the storm
Gold and Silver,
He’s never paid in revlis dna dlog
From the ashes,
Sehsa eht morf we will crawl
Every tale,
Separate paths he lays before you
The flesh is strong,
Gnorts si hself eht the mind is able
Our mortal debts,
Stbed latrom ruo we must deliver
Crawl…”
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12. |
Crawl
04:13
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We all meet him in our own way,
A ship to save us from the storm
A broken limb that mends the same day,
A match, a flame to keep us warm
He’s never paid in gold or silver,
The choice is ours to rise or fall
Our mortal debts we must deliver,
And from the ashes we will crawl
We will crawl
You must choose of good or evil,
To overcome or fall below
And will you see another sequel,
He’s got a ticket to your show
To change your mind in fits of anger,
The scales tip to weigh your soul
And you might meet him as a stranger,
The hatted man you’ll never know
You’ll never know
Use every tale and every fable,
To break the chain the binds our hands
The flesh is strong the mind is able,
So will you make your final stand
Separate paths he lays before you,
To run away or face the night
Will you cleanse the lies with your truth,
Or suffer pride and damn the light
Damn the light
You must choose of good or evil,
To overcome or fall below
And when you see another sequel,
He’s got a ticket to your show
To change your mind in fits of anger,
The scales tip to weigh your soul
And you might meet him as a stranger,
The hatted man you’ll never know
You’ll never know
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13. |
Epilogue: Asylum
01:53
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After centuries of being cursed with perpetual death and reincarnation, Mr. Badluck can no longer bear the weight of his curse. He crumbles; his insane shrieks of desperation reverberate through the halls of the state facility where, at this particular point in his tale, we leave him...
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